Maria fluttered her eyes open. She could barely move her face to look around wherever she was. Her vision was blurry and she could hardly see things around her. She assumed that they were no longer inside the dungeon, judging from the walls that they were passing. The last thing that she could remember was Alaia was choking her. It was such a painful thing to remember but Maria couldn't get that off her mind. She could hear faint panicky voices around her that slowly became louder. She tried to move her face more, but because her neck was aching, she failed to do that.
Ivan, who was carrying Maria on his back, felt the light movements of the blonde, so he turned his head to look at Maria.
"Maria. You finally woke up. How are you feeling? Are you okay?" Ivan asked, holding Maria's lower legs tightly to make sure that Maria wouldn't fall.
